Hi everyone! With it being my junior year of high school I haven't been able to go on walks and clean up as much as I would have wanted to. But, now that I've finished my AP exams, we've been able to take two trips to the lake to help clean up trash. We collected one bag full of trash on each trip. Most of the trash was composed of small pieces but we also found a big plastic gallon container. I'm glad to be back helping to keep our community clean!
Hello everyone! I recently returned back home for my summer break from university. After being away for eight months, it was amazing to spend time with friends and family. When the weather was good, we decided to go to North Creek Lake to take a walk and clean up some trash. On this trip, we walked around only half of the lake, but we were able to collect a bag of trash, which implies that there is still much more work to be done in keeping our community clean. Most of the trash that we found were old and discolored bottles. However, we also found some food containers and plastic packaging. I have attached an image below of the bag that we collected!
Recently, we walked around the lake and picked up trash as per usual. This time we collected 4 bags of trash! We found lots of bottles, cans, and wrappers. We also found a broken bike thrown into the bushes. Most importantly, we found dead animals. We found a turtle, which was in a pocket of extremely dirty and trash-filled water, and a fish that was inside of a bottle. I think seeing them really emphasized how badly wildlife is impacted by pollution.
This weekend we went on a walk around North Creek Lake and picked up trash. We found most of the trash near a little stream next to the lake. We also saw lots of wildlife on our walk, like a family of geese and this turtle that was being followed by some fish! Since it's finally summer, we'll have more time to go on walks to pick up trash and post, so look forward to that!
Happy holidays everyone! We hope that even during this pandemic, you're enjoying the holidays and getting some time to yourselves. During our break, we got the opportunity to go and pick up trash at the lake for the first time in a while. It was pretty cold and the lake was slightly frozen over but we were still able to collect 2 bags of trash! During our initial visit, we did our usual walk around the lake to pick up any trash we saw. During our walk, we talked to some people we came across and they informed us that there was a lot of trash in a little area just off the lake path, so we went down and we found many bottles and cans, which we collected and disposed of. Here are some pictures:
Happy Halloween everyone! A few days ago, we went out on a walk around town and picked up some trash. It wasn't a lot, but even picking up one or two pieces of trash helps the environment. Stay safe and be responsible, and we hope you have fun this Halloween!
